skyport marina / Tugboat Race on North River tomorrow!

Former east river site of the 23rd Street Ferry with ferries once running from Manhattan to Williamsburg and Greenpoint, Brooklyn, as far back as 1857, this lovely concrete structure today is a parking facility. Party boats and dining cruisers dock here.

Color to come. Just wanted to post to say: Tomorrow, Sunday! the Working Harbor Committee‘s 22st Annual Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition takes place Sunday 31 AugustWest 44th Street & Hudson River

This year’s ink was impressive with the grand prize going to a shirtless sailor from the Army tug named for Mad Anthony Wayne (the tug, not the sailor). His back sports a fantasy scene with a giant squid in full color. Honorable Mention went to the red-haired chief engineer of the Robert E. McAllister. She had us all agog when she dropped her Carhartts and lifted the leg of her shorts to reveal a beautiful serpent.